statue of the Immaculate Virgin was enthroned in their house and it was before her that the family would gather to pray. The parents of St Thérèse of Lisieux, Louis and Zélie were the first couple to be canonized [...] October 18, 2015. In doing this, the Church wished to highlight that the sacrament of marriage was for them the path to holiness. For this reason, the date of their wedding, July 12th, was chosen as their feast [...] "The thought of your mother follows me constantly," wrote Louis Martin to his daughters on his return from his trip to Constantinople. Theirs was a family-oriented holiness: they were devoted to their nine
June 2 - Feast of Our Lady of Edessa, Asia Minor in honor of the statue that spoke to St Alexis (400) The House was Filled with the Fragrance During the long periods John Paul II spent in his private chapel [...] the eve of Divine Mercy Sunday, he asked that the Gospel of John be read to him. With the help of those who were nursing him, he wanted to take part in all the daily prayers and in the Liturgy of the Hours; [...] 27(26): 13-14). (…) May the Totus tuus of the beloved Pontiff encourage us to follow him on the path of the gift of ourselves to Christ through the intercession of Mary, and may she herself, the Virgin
Icon of Our Lady of Perpetual Help given permanently to the Redemptorist church of St Alphonsus Liguori in Rome (Italy, 1886) Medjugorje: Extraordinary spiritual fruits are tangible For devotees of Medjugorje [...] Mother of God as Our Lady of Medjugorje has been popular in Ireland and it has inspired numerous prayer groups around the country. Anecdotally, many of those going forward for priesthood and religious [...] stressed the need to distinguish between the two sets of apparitions, referencing a report submitted to the Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith by a commission set up to study the apparitions
June 17 – Our Lady of Mercy (Mantua, Italy, 1805) - 1689: Apparition of the Sacred Heart of Jesus to St Margaret Mary "Do not be afraid, I will not leave you" Margaret Mary Alacoque is the religious who [...] the day of her confirmation, she added the name of "Mary" to "Margaret. "I went to Her with so much confidence that I felt I had nothing to fear under her maternal protection. I offered myself to her forever [...] the gift of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Paray-le-Monial, France, in 1673. During her childhood, Margaret was cured of a serious illness she had had for four years, through the intercession of Mary. In
Fernandes Loures. He strongly encouraged us in our devotion to Mary, prompting us to use the canticles of Mary and to make a vow of submission to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Around the time that I was appointed [...] April 26 – The image of Our Lady of Perpetual Help is given to the church of the Redemptorists (Rome, Italy, 1886) "In that case, do not worry!" My seminary director had a passion for Mary. This priest [...] "Haven’t you made a vow of submission to the Immaculate Heart of Mary?" I replied yes, and that I was faithful to this devotion. "In that case, do not worry," he said. I was appointed to São José do Rio Preto
September 7 - The Santa Casa in Ephesus is transferred to Loreto, Italy (1295) - Founding of the Legion of Mary in Dublin, Ireland (1921) - Our Lady of Aparecida appears in Brazil (September 1717) "I know [...] so I decided to take my daughter there to pray and light some candles. In my heart, I asked the Virgin Mary to watch over my family. As it was summer, I often left my daughters in the care of my in-laws [...] the Virgin Mary!" It was a beautiful fall morning, and our family lunch was dragging on. I stepped out of the restaurant with my oldest daughter to get some fresh air. There was a magnificent neoclassical
), of which I knew nothing. Unable to follow my friends into the church, I waited outside on a bench next to a large statue of the risen Christ coming out of the tomb, at the end of the Stations of the [...] February 23 - Saint Polycarp, bishop of Smyrna and martyr (d. 155) - Wigratzbad apparitions of Our Beloved Lady, Mother of Victory to Antonie Radler and Cäcilia Geyer (Germany, 1936-1938 - approved devotion) [...] ended up seeing a doctor as the appearance of my leg didn’t improve. It was black, and the doctor said it would take 2-3 months to heal. He advised me not to fly. Everyone else around me was worried about
June 2 - Feast of Our Lady of Edessa, Asia Minor in honor of the statue that spoke to St Alexis (400) The House was Filled with the Fragrance During the long periods John Paul II spent in his private chapel [...] the eve of Divine Mercy Sunday, he asked that the Gospel of John be read to him. With the help of those who were nursing him, he wanted to take part in all the daily prayers and in the Liturgy of the Hours; [...] 27(26): 13-14). (...) May the Totus tuus of the beloved Pontiff encourage us to follow him on the path of the gift of ourselves to Christ through the intercession of Mary, and may she herself, the Virgin
at Tre Fontane of Our Lady of the Revelation to Bruno Cornacchiola & his 3 children (Rome, 1947, approved in 1956) The Myrrh-Streaming Icon (I) In the 11th and 12th centuries, according to the legend, an [...] first icon to be painted there was a copy of the “Portaitissa.” Near the same date, a Chilean convert to Orthodoxy, Jose Munoz, an art teacher in Montreal, embarked on a pilgrimage to Mount Athos to come into [...] left on the shore of Athos close to the Iveron monastery. The icon represents the Mother of God carrying the Christ Child in majesty with one arm and with the other hand making a gesture to show that He is
Theotokos, Jose fell to his knees and prayed to the Mother of God. Peace came back to his soul. At dawn, as Jose and his friend were about to depart, the abbot came to them holding the icon. During the [...] April 13 - Apparition of Our Lady to Bl. Jane of Mantua (1640) The Myrrh-Streaming Icon (II) Jose Munoz asked whether he could buy this icon, which had so much impressed him, but was told repeatedly that [...] felt the urge to go back into the Iveron monastery and ask to touch his icon to the original wonder-working Iveron icon. In this religion of the people, in a carnal world where the magic of love reigns,
